Horseshoe.



Patented Oct. l7, I899. E. A; FBYDENLUND.

HORSESHOE.

(No Model.)

(Application filed Apr. 7, 1899.)

WITNESSES 7 7 W/NVZZOR I 1a A TTORNE YS.

NITED ERIK ANDREAS FRYDENLUND,

OF LAKOTA, NORTH DAKOTA.

HORSESHOE.

SPEdIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 635,242, dated October 17, 1899.

Application filed April 7, 1899. Serial No. 712,042. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ERIK ANDREAS FRY- DENLUND, of Lakota, in the county of Nelson and State of North Dakota, have invented a new and Improved Horseshoe, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in horseshoes; and the object is to provide a shoe of simple construction that may be secured to the hoof of a horse'without the use of nails, and, further, to provide calks that may be quickly removed and replaced with new ones or others differingin shape or sharpness.

1 will describe a horseshoe embodying my invention and then point out the novel features in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar charaters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a horses hoof, showing a shoe embodying my invention as applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a partial side elevation and partial section of the same, and Fig. 3 is a section showing the means of attaching the heel-calks.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a shoe, which of course will be shaped to the horses hoof in the usual manner. This shoe is secured in place by means of a metal band 2, which will preferably consist of steel, so as to secure lightness with a sufficient degree of strength. This band 2 passes along the sides of the hoof and around the front, and at its rear end it is turned downward, as at 3, and then inward, as at 4, to engage against the under side of the shoe 1 near the heel portion. The inwardly-turned portion 4 is pro vided with an opening registering with an opening through the shoe 1,, and removably engaged in these openings is the tang portion 5 of a heel-call; 6. The calk is held in place by means of a screw 7, which passes through an opening in the downwardly-extended portion 3 and engages in atapped opening formed transversely in the shoe, said screw 7 being of a sufficient length to impinge against the tang 5. To more securely hold the heel portion of the shoe, screws 8 may be passed through the downwardly-extended portions 3 of the band 2 and into the hoof.

A clamping-strip 9 has a portion 10 extended underneath the shoe 1 at the toe portion, and this inwardly-extended portion 10 is provided with an opening coincident with an opening in the shoe 1, and these openings are designed to receive the tang 11 of the toecalk 12. This toe-call: 12 is held removably in place by means of a screw 13, which passes through an opening in the clamping-strip 9 and into a tapped opening in the shoe to impinge against the tang 11.

A clamping-screw 14: passes loosely through a lug 15 on the toe portion of the band 2 and engages with a tapped lug 16 on the clamp ing strip 9. Obviously by means of this screw 14: and as the band 2 engages with the hoof at a portion of less diameter than that engaged by the shoe the shoe may be tightly drawn against the bottom of the hoof, and when so drawn it may be securely held by means of a screw 17, which passes through the clamping-strip 9 into the hoof.

By this construction it is evident that the calks may be easily removed as desired without removing the whole shoe from the hoof, as it is only necessary to loosen the fastening-screws. Further, it is evident that the shoe 1 may be provided with the ordinary nail-holes, so that nails in addition to the band 2 may be employed for securing the shoe or nails may be used without the band.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The combination with a horseshoe, of a clamping-band having its heel portions turned downward and then inward to engage against the under side of the shoe, the said inwardlyturned portions having openings for registering with openings in the heel portions of the shoe, calks for removably engaging in said openings, a clamping-strip connecting with the clamping-band and having its lower end turned under the toe portion of the shoe and provided with an opening for registering with an opening in the shoe, and atoe-calk for re movably engaging in said'openings, substantially as specified.

2. The combination with a horseshoe, of a IO shoe and provided with an opening registering with an openingin the toe portion of the shoe, a oalk having atang adapted to engage in said openings, a clamping-screw for engaging with the tang, and a clamping connection between said clamping-strip and the [5 band, substantially as specified.

ERIK ANDREAS FRYDENLUND. Vitnesses:

JOHN G. MILLER, R. S. OIUM. 

